On this signature all I did was blend the render and place some textures on multiply above it, and threw in some other effects. ;D

This was mainly just a texture made background with a brush, and some blur. And that's Defunct's font btw you should go and download it! ;D

Made this for a friend. I took the stock, and blended it in. I dogded and blurred some, and I think it came out reasonably well. :3I particularly like the text on this one, but I think I over sharpened the background.

To be brutally honest, they're really not great. In terms of positioning of stock and text then that's fine, but the backgrounds are pretty poor. In the three banners you posted at the top of this page, the stocks don't stand out enough and making them the focal point is vital. You need to try and work on lighting effects, managing brightness and focus. Don't rush anything, take time on a piece making sure it looks pretty much or exactly how you want it to.

Hmmm, I like your most recent but you really need to start working on having your main stock and background blend more. The stocks need to pop out more like gugs said. Work on some different styles for backgrounds too. There's so many varieties you can do on photoshop.

Not a fan of how "coming" is presented, nor the gap between that and "is", but otherwise it's pretty nice. There's not an awful lot to it though, really. What's the concept behind it and how was it made?

Yeah I agree with gugs, I dont think most of your things have a concept behind it. Its fun to experiment with random stuff but its also good to try and make stuff using a concept.

Looking at inspiration will really help you as well, take a look at design website etc and just look at pieces of work for ideas and inspiration. I think that's what your lacking, inspiration so you are trying to create stuff from nothing. It is good that you created something other than a banner though, good on you for that.

On the piece I think that coming is really hard to read. I do like how it looks like there is a light being shone onto it from the top right though.

I work in progress for SotW. I really like Zeta's idea with the comics, and stuff, but instead of using the comics, I plan on somehow incorpating my own halftone effect. And that means I'm gonna try, and make one by myself with no brushes. Any comments, or critique on my idea and the wip so far?

I found a bunch of stocks. If I'm having trouble finding movie screens, and what not I sometimes go to IMDb which isn't the best choice at times, but with the little stocks we had it's a great choice. Link to stocks

As for the noise there was some of it inside the stock, but I removed it when I resized it, and then added it back in, but mostly only on the cowboy because I thought it might be better making it like that because of how it was dusty back then.

I haven't done that much with the stock besides change a few things so I appreciate your comment on my lighting.